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Plastic Litter is Carrying Toxic Chemicals
Wednesday, 2 November 2022 - 11:33am
It has been estimated that 4.8-12.7 million tonnes of plastics enter the oceans every year. Plastics are made from carbon and chemicals and many of the chemicals can leach out from the plastics -- this means that plastic litter can act as carriers of toxic chemicals to remote regions.
Read our factsheet on the global spread of chemicals from plastics.
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In the News

IPEN's work in contributing to the Plastics Treaty and our members' global work to expose the health threats from plastics draws international media attention and influences the treaty negotiations. News reports of our work help to frame the plastics debate as a global crisis from chemicals in plastics. See some highlights from coverage of our work below.
See summaries of media coverage featuring IPEN during the week-long negotiations here.
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Plastics Treaty: Key Principles
Tuesday, 1 November 2022 - 3:25pm
IPEN believes that an understanding of the following three principles will be foundational for a Plastics Treaty that addresses the human health and climate threats from plastics throughout their lifecycle, and for promoting alternatives that truly meet the needs of a circular economy.
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plastic-key-3principles-en-final.pdf

English

plastic-3principles-es.pdf

Spanish

plastic-3principles-ru.pdf

Russian

plastic-3principles-arfinal.pdf

Arabic

plastic-3rinciples-fr.pdf

French

plastic-3principles-zh-final.pdf

Chinese
ILPPWA
International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week 2022
Monday, 17 October 2022
The 10th Annual International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week (ILPPW) is October 23-29, 2022.
About 50 participating organizations of the International Pollutants Elimination Network (IPEN) from over 40 countries are taking part in the ILPPW. See their activities here.
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Plastic
Dioxin Experts Present Studies on Health Threats from Cancer-Causing Chemicals
Research on PFAS and brominated dioxins shows ongoing health threats from toxic chemicals
Tuesday, 11 October 2022
New Orleans - At the Dioxin 2022 Conference beginning here on October 9, Dr. Jindrich Petrlik will present a recent study that demonstrates the failure of using high temperature approaches to eliminate wastes that contain the “forever chemicals” PFAS, and Valeriya Grechko will present another recent paper that found high levels of brominated dioxins in recycled plastic products purchased in eleven African, Arabic, and Latin American countries.
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IPEN Science & Research Reports

IPEN has been studying the impacts of plastics and the chemicals they contain for 25 years, and has produced global data on the health and environmental threats from plastics. The reports below are a sampling of that work.
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Plastics Treaty INC1
The first meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC1) of the Plastics Treaty will meet from 28 November – 2 December 2022 in Punta del Este, Uruguay. See background on IPEN's work toward a Plastics Treaty, and check back to this page for updates, resources, and information during the INC-1 meetings.
See all of our work on toxic plastics at StopPoisonPlastic.org.
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Stockholm Convention
U.N. Expert Committee Recommends Global Elimination of Two Toxic Plastic Additives
Friday, 30 September 2022
(Rome, Italy) A U.N. expert scientific review committee has evaluated two toxic, chemical additives found in many common plastics and has concluded the evidence of the substances harm to health and the environment qualify them for global elimination, recommending that the chemicals be listed under the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs).
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Dioxin
Dioxin 2022 Studies
Thursday, 29 September 2022 - 1:29pm
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Document:

dioxin2022_pfas-australia_f.pdf

Australian PFAS study

dioxin2022_pbdd_fs-plastic.pdf

BFRs and Brominated Dioxins in Products from 11 Countries

dioxin2022_moldova_f.pdf

POPs in Eggs from Moldova

dioxin2022_karawang_f.pdf

POPs in Eggs from Indonesia Near RDF Sites
Plastic
Addressing plastic crisis in Africa goes beyond mere waste management
Opinion article in The Standard by IPEN Communications Consultant Patricia Kombo
Thursday, 29 September 2022
Plastic pollution is visible and well documented, but we often overlook the invisible chemicals in plastics that are hazardous to people and the environment. Studies show that chemicals from plastics are linked to serious health problems (for more on health threats to Africa from plastics see the IPEN video at http://bit.ly/AfricaPlastic)
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Dioxin Experts Present Studies on Health Threats from Cancer-Causing Chemicals

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